Fox Valley Book Festival

They named her Nina. She is a pelican. A big tall pelican. She is the Neenah public library pelican. A library with a mascot. My daughter, Sue, and I met Nina yesterday. Cool.

Sue and I attended the Fox Valley Book Festival, where I spoke at eleven o’clock to a room full of folks who were learning about my book “Never Curse the Rain,” as raindrops pounded against the library windows. Never to let a little rain—a lot of rain—slow me down, I motored on with my talk, all the while wondering what was going on in the minds of my listeners. Some of whom I’m sure were at least saying “darn the rain.” A step toward cursing, but only a baby step.

This was the tenth year for the Fox Valley Festival that went on from October 9 through October 15. Their theme, “Connecting writers and readers.” The festival featured 50 authors and 65 events offered at 13 venues throughout the Fox River Valley. As the festival’s catalog stated, “the festival features readings to hear words come alive, to learn about the writing process, and discussions to engage both readers and writers.”

I was more than pleased to be a part of their program.

THE OLD TIMER SAYS: It’s my readers that keep me writing.

COMING EVENTS:

Oct. 18 Water Conservation Presentation, Portage, 6:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Hall, 918 Silver Lake Drive, Portage
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Oct. 25 at Cambridge Public Library – Never Curse the Rain – 12:30 pm

Saturday, October 28, at Edgerton Book Festival 9 a.m.Old Farm Country Cookbook. Jerry and Susie.

Sunday, October 29, 2:00 p.m. at Reed School, Neillsville. Old Farm Country Cookbook. Jerry and Susie.

Sunday, Nov. 5, 1:30 p.m. Mequon Nature Preserve, Mequon, WI. Never Curse the Rain.

Saturday, Nov. 11, Second Saturday, 9:00 a.m. Plymouth Art Center, The Land

Thursday, Nov. 16. 1:00 p.m. Berlin Library. Old Farm Country Cook Book.

Tuesday, November 28, Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Madison. Never Curse the Rain

Saturday, December 2, Dregni’s, Westby. Old Farm Country Cookbook, Susie and Jerry.

Thursday, Dec. 7, 6:00 p.m. Waupaca Historical Society, Christmas on the Farm

Saturday, Dec. 9 McFarlane’s, Prairie du Sac. Old Farm Country Cookbook. Jerry and Susie

Sunday, Dec. 17 –Readers Realm Bookstore, Montello 1 p.m. Old Farm Country Cookbook. Jerry and Susie.

Purchase Jerry’s DVDS and his Books from the Patterson Memorial Library in Wild Rose, Wisconsin (a fundraiser for them):
The library now has available signed copies of Jerry’s DVDs:

Emmy Winner, A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps (based on The Quiet Season book.)

Jerry Apps a Farm Story (based on Rural Wit and Wisdom and Old Farm books.)

The Land with Jerry Apps, (based on the book Whispers and Shadows,) and Never Curse the Rain, Jerry’s newest DVD based on his book with the same title.
Also available are several of Jerry’s signed books including: Jerry’s newest nonfiction books, Never Curse the Rain and Old Farm Country Cookbook, and his newest novel, The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County. Also available are Wisconsin Agriculture: A History, Roshara Journal (with photos by Steve Apps) and Telling Your Story—a guide book for those who want to write their own stories.

Contact the library for prices and special package deals.

Patterson Memorial Library
500 Division Street
Wild Rose, WI 54984
barnard@wildroselibrary.org
www.wildroselibrary.org
920-622-3835